Gaza Diary: It's Time To Evacuate My Pregnant Wife

Things are getting worse by the day. The streets here in Gaza City have been empty. It's dangerous to go on the balcony but if you risk looking out you can see columns of black smoke rising from the north. The sound of automatic machine gun fire from the Apache helicopters I find most terrifying. Overnight, it seems the Israeli tanks progressed further into Gaza, and now we've heard about the tank shelling at a UN school in Jabalya camp killing more than 30 people. I found out about that when the electricity resumed for a short time in the evening and I was able to get online. I'm appalled but not surprised: if you have tanks on high ground to the east of Jabalya firing down on such a densely populated area, this kind of bloodshed can be expected.

Personally I've had a big decision to make. I've had to evacuate Alaa from our family home. It's just too risky for a woman who is due to give birth shortly, to stay here in our apartment which is quite a distance from the nearest hospital. I managed to find a taxi driver willing to make the journey, and moved her to stay at her parents' house in Al Masser near the Beach refugee camp which at least is closer to a small clinic. Alaa packed up all the things for the baby - the first aid kit, some diapers, her own clothes. She didn't want to go.

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Comments

[KWangnoo]

My prayers with you, your wife, and your family as well as all those suffering in the oppression and terror. I cannot believe this is happening.

InshAllah you'll be free to live in peace very, very soon.

Salaam Alaikum, friend.

[barakagirl]

I pray for you and your family.
Not all Jews support this genocide.
It's is an abomination that the World remains silent and truly despicable that the US doesn't force Israel to stop their ego boosting operation to avenge their failure in Lebanon.
Hang in there.